Elachiptera Macquart, 1835
(a genus of chloropid flies)

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Elachiptera tuberculifera
a chloropid fly
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusElachiptera (a genus of chloropid flies)
FamilyCHLOROPIDAE (chloropid flies)
SuperfamilyCARNOIDEA (a superfamily of acalypterate flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Acalyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Elachiptera (a genus of chloropid flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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